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Two figures occupy the reverse side of this nearly circular bronze mirror, neatly enclosed by a continuous ivy-leaf border. Equipped with wings and winged shoes, the dawn goddess Thesan (Eos) carries the body of her son Memnun (Memnon). Slain by Achilles on the battlefield at Troy, he still wears armor and greaves, though his crested helmet has fallen below. The subject occurs on several other Etruscan mirrors and Greek vases of the same time period.
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English: The winged goddess, Thesan, carrying the armored body of Memnun.
Date 470–460 BC
Cleveland Museum of Art
Source/Photographer https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.259
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Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun c. 470–460 BCE Etruscan

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